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Please fill out and submit this form to apply to Utopian Acts 2018. The event will take place on 1 September 2018 at Birkbeck, University of London. Your information will not be shared with anyone who is not directly involved in organising this event.

The deadline for applications to Utopian Acts is 5pm GMT on Friday the 29th of June 2018. If your proposal is for a standard-format 20 minute academic paper, consider instead following the instructions in the call for papers - but you are also welcome to use this form to apply. Please do not use both!

There will be no cost to attend or present at Utopian Acts. Refreshments will be provided.

Are you applying as an individual, an organisation/collective, or something else?

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Please list any accessibility-related considerations or requirements we should take into account when communicating with you.

Please give us an idea of any accessibility requirements you have which would help us to plan our September event. These may include physical, mental, and emotional requirements of any scale.

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What is the name of your organisation/collective?

Are there any accessibility-related considerations or requirements we should take into account when communicating with your organisation/collective?

Do any of the members of your organisation/collective who may attend the September event have any accessibility requirements which would help us to plan the event? These may include physical, mental, and emotional requirements of any scale.

What is the best way to communicate with your organisation/collective?

Please provide an email. We will only use this to contact your organisation/collective about the event.

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Please provide some more details, such a rough idea of what you represent and how we can get in contact.

What is the general format and duration of your proposal?

Tell us about your proposal. We are looking for proposals which reflect upon, describe, or themselves are, acts of positive political, social, and cultural change, happening now - whether or not these are explicitly described as 'utopian'. Discussions of the dangers, pitfalls or misappropriations of utopianism are also encouraged. We are interested in work which reaches across the boundaries between activists, academics, and artists, working in mulitple fields and generating new bonds of solidarity. We particularly seek proposals by people who are disadvantaged or under-represented in their communities or have experienced oppression of any kind. We believe that a radically intersectional utopianism is the only valid form of utopianism. Aim for a maximium of 250 words.

We are delighted to offer a number of small grants (£80-£120) to people who would have difficulty presenting at Utopian Acts, or performing the work upon which their presentations are based, without material assistance. We particularly welcome applications for these from people of colour; people from Indigenous backgrounds; women and those whose gender identities do not conform to hegemonic gendered norms; people from poor and working class backgrounds; and disabled people. To apply for a grant, please include a brief statement (maximum 200 words) about any projects (academic, artistic, activist, literary, etc.) in which you are or have been engaged.